Juho Annala

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Juho Annala (born February 24, 1984), is a Finnish racing driver.

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Annala was born in Lapua. After starting in karting, he moved to Swedish, Finnish, and Nordic Formula Ford in 2004, winning the Nordic championship and coming second in both the Swedish and Finnish championships. In 2005 he moved to the British Formula Three Championship driving for Alan Docking Racing in the national class of the championship. He finished 6th in series points scoring 3 podium finishes. In 2006 he switched teams to Performance Racing Europe and captured 3 wins and 3 pole positions on his way to third in the championship. In 2007 he drove in the International Formula Master series for Jenzer Motorsport and finished 11th in points with a runner up finish at Brno. He drove in the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final Champ Car race, for Rocketsports [1] but was knocked out by mechanical problems after 42 laps after qualifying last. Later in the year he made two starts in the Finnish Super Touring Championship.

IndyCar

YearTeamChassisNo.Engine12345678910111213141516171819RankPointsRef
2008 Rocketsports Panoz DP01 10 Cosworth HMS STP MOT 1 LBH 1
18
KAN IND MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF 247th0 [2]

¹ Run on same day.
² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

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References

  1. ENTRY LIST Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine , gplb.com, 2008-04-06. Retrieved on 2008-04-06
  2. "Juho Annala – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.